diff --git a/zentral/utils/gcs_storage.py b/zentral/utils/gcs_storage.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cac2031c14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zentral/utils/gcs_storage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import threading
+import google.auth
+from storages.backends.gcloud import _quote, clean_name, GoogleCloudStorage
+
+
+class ZentralGoogleCloudStorage(GoogleCloudStorage):
+    """A subclass to force the use of the IAM signBlob API
+
+    This allows the signing of blob URLs without having to use a credential file.
+    The service account must have the iam.serviceAccounts.signBlob permission."""
+
+    def __init__(self, **settings):
+        super().__init__(**settings)
+        self._signing_credentials = None
+        self._signing_credentials_lock = threading.Lock()
+
+    def url(self, name):
+        """
+        Return public url or a signed url for the Blob.
+        This DOES NOT check for existance of Blob - that makes codes too slow
+        for many use cases.
+
+        Overridden to force the use of the IAM signBlob API.
+        See https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/blob/519074112775c19742522158f612b467cf590219/google/cloud/storage/_signing.py#L628  # NOQA
+        """
+        name = self._normalize_name(clean_name(name))
+        blob = self.bucket.blob(name)
+        blob_params = self.get_object_parameters(name)
+        no_signed_url = (
+            blob_params.get('acl', self.default_acl) == 'publicRead' or not self.querystring_auth)
+
+        if not self.custom_endpoint and no_signed_url:
+            return blob.public_url
+        elif no_signed_url:
+            return '{storage_base_url}/{quoted_name}'.format(
+                storage_base_url=self.custom_endpoint,
+                quoted_name=_quote(name, safe=b"/~"),
+            )
+        elif not self.custom_endpoint:
+            return blob.generate_signed_url(
+                expiration=self.expiration,
+                version="v4",
+                **self._get_signing_kwargs()
+            )
+        else:
+            return blob.generate_signed_url(
+                bucket_bound_hostname=self.custom_endpoint,
+                expiration=self.expiration,
+                version="v4",
+                **self._get_signing_kwargs()
+            )
+
+    def _get_signing_credentials(self):
+        with self._signing_credentials_lock:
+            if self._signing_credentials is None or self._signing_credentials.expired:
+                credentials, _ = google.auth.default()
+                auth_req = google.auth.transport.requests.Request()
+                credentials.refresh(auth_req)
+                self._signing_credentials = credentials
+        return self._signing_credentials
+
+    def _get_signing_kwargs(self):
+        credentials = self._get_signing_credentials()
+        return {
+            "service_account_email": credentials.service_account_email,
+            "access_token": credentials.token
+        }
diff --git a/zentral/utils/storage.py b/zentral/utils/storage.py
index 4e21c0f763..43f3bfd4e0 100644
--- a/zentral/utils/storage.py
+++ b/zentral/utils/storage.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 
 def file_storage_has_signed_urls():
     # TODO better detection!
-    return get_storage_class().__name__ in ('S3Boto3Storage', 'GoogleCloudStorage')
+    return get_storage_class().__name__ in ('S3Boto3Storage', 'GoogleCloudStorage', 'ZentralGoogleCloudStorage')